📣 Have you heard? We just kicked off our Central Oregon Gives fundraising campaign and we need your help!
Desert Sky only receives 80% of the annual funding of traditional public schools, which leads to a huge budget gap each year. We make up for this through our amazing community of parent volunteers and small private grants, but fundraising is critical to our financial sustainability.
How you can help: It takes a donation of just $5 a week to make a difference. Why so little? Because every year, we aim to win the ✨bonus prize of $2,500✨ from Central Oregon Gives for raising the MOST micro donations (anything $25 and under) during the campaign.
That means you can MAXIMIZE your impact by donating $5 under each family member's name (including children, grandparents, and other extended family members) to help us reach our goal and stay in the running to win the bonus!
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🔔 Winter is a fun and exciting—and BUSY!—time of year around here. Having trouble keeping track of all our winter events? We got you! Stay updated on everything that’s happening now through December on this page.
Central Oregon’s first and only tuition-free Montessori school
Desert Sky Montessori is unique in that we are the only K–6 elementary school in Central Oregon that provides a free Montessori education for all students, no matter their socioeconomic status. We are a Choice Options charter school in Bend-La Pine Schools. Our lottery opens every spring for enrollment the following fall, and we accept families on our waitlist year-round. Learn more about the enrollment process.
How the Montessori method is transforming education
At Desert Sky Montessori, we engage students utilizing the many tools that the Montessori curriculum has to offer.
We meet each individual student at the place their interests and passions guide them to.
The Montessori philosophy holds that adults are “guides” and need only demonstrate, invite, and provide opportunities for children to learn.
In that spirit, we work to create conditions where students can take ownership of their own education, and ultimately of their own life.